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Kansas City's injury woes on the offensive line now has extended to ending the NFL's longest active snap streak for right tackle Mitchell Schwartz.The tackle played 7 Quandre Diggs Jersey ,894 consecutive snaps until late in the first half of Kansas City's 35-32 loss to Tennessee. He hurt a knee with 2:46 left in the second quarter when Patrick Mahomes was sacked by Harold Landry. Since he went down, Schwartz had to leave the field. He tried to walk it off but Martinas Rankin hurt his right knee a play later after sliding over to right tackle.With the Chiefs facing third-and-9, Schwartz didn't want to risk anything else. The Chiefs settled for a 41-yard field goal. Schwartz was back on the field in the third quarter, but his streak is over and he's not happy."It was 7½ years running. It's a pretty cool thing," Schwartz said. "Now I'm just normal like everybody else. It is what it is. You do inventory and make sure there's nothing going in the wrong direction or drastically wrong Theo Riddick Jersey , and I've been able to avoid that. Like I said, we'll see what the plan is from here."The Giants had their own woes on the offensive line. They came into their game against the Jets without right tackle Mike Remmers and center Jon Halapio for the first time this season and the problem grew when left tackle Nate Solder sustained a concussion in the first half. He didn't return. New York also lost cornerback Janoris Jenkins to a concussion.Detroit had its own concussion issues as running back Ty Johnson and right tackle Wagner left the game because of the injury.Green Bay lost cornerback Tremon Smith and linebacker Ty Summers to concussions.Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan left in the first quarter with an elbow injury. He ran off the field with his arm dangling by his side after it bent awkwardly as he tried to sack Jeff Driskel.Los Angeles Rams center Brian Allen was carted off to the locker room with a knee injury.Other injuries Sunday included: Falcons running back Devonte Freeman (foot); Saints cornerback Marcus Lattimore (thigh) and Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson (calf). The Lions need a tight end to complement their recent singing of Jesse James, and getting a punishing blocker may be their target."There’s no secret that the Detroit Lions were not satisfied with how their tight end group performed in 2018. They were content to move on from Levine Toilolo and Luke Willson and made the signing of former Pittsburgh Steeler Jesse James a priority in free agency. With a stacked tight end class, the team has been setting their sights on several of the top ranked players at the position, and with their recent focus on the run game it should come as no surprise they are checking out one of the best blockers in the draft class in Washington’s Drew Sample.Per a source Tavon Wilson Jersey , the Lions have scheduled an official visit with Sample on Tuesday. This marks the third official visit the Lions have scheduled with a tight end, having previously scheduled visits with Texas A&M’s Jace Sternberger and Mississippi’s Dawson Knox. A majority of NFL teams were present for Sample’s workout at the Huskies pro day where he put up 25 reps on the bench to round out an elite athletic profile. Athletic AbilitySample put up a curious athletic profile in that he had an elite overall grade despite not putting up any elite numbers—that is, until he nabbed one at the bench during his pro day workout. Sample has an excellent blend of size, speed, agility Matt Prater Jersey , and explosiveness, though it never translated into elite production at Washington. Some of that had to do with his usage, where he was primarily asked to work with his strengths as a blocker. Receiving AbilitySample finished 2018 with only 25 receptions for 252 yards and three touchdowns and wasn’t asked to run a wide variety of routes. Despite the athletic tools to do so, he was generally tasked with simplistic routes where he would be allowed to chip or block and release rather than taking off at the snap to stretch the field. Blocking AbilityThis is where Sample really made a name for himself. As the highest rated run blockers in college football last season, Sample wasn’t expected to measure as well as he did and certainly wasn’t expected to land among the elite in the class. With the Lions recent focus on the run game Sam Martin Jersey , it shouldn’t really be a shocker that they’re going straight for the hog mollies, and a player like Drew Sample could go a long way to aiding a punishing ground game. Draft ProjectionSample has been projected as high as the second round and as low as the fourth. In a class like this one, it will be interesting to see where the teams value individuals in a strong class, but my guess is that if the Lions want to land Sample they’re going to have to do so on Day 2.